United upgrade awards
I would like to use award miles at some point for sfo/lax to syd. I prefer bussiness class or first class but the saver awards for those route rarely exist. I'm happy to book a back of the plane fare...
View ArticleHappy one year anniversary (not) on March 3
It's been one year since UA/CO became one airline. Join me in raising a glass to the good old days. Dan Please note my signature.
View ArticleUA 901 No Longer FRA-SFO as of 06/06/2013
Apparently UA is re-assigning that number to SFO-LHR starting June 6, 2013. I am wondering if perhaps anybody has any insight as to the reason. Thanks.
View ArticleUA129 Customs/Immigration Time at GIG
I am arriving on a Tuesday on UA 129 IAH-GIG at 9:20 AM and trying to plan my day in Rio. Does anybody have recent experience with how much time customs and immigrations take on average for a...
View ArticleAward routing rules PPT-NRT
Can anyone advise how to get around some draconian routing rules for going S. Pacific Islands - Japan on an award? We have booked flights PPT-AKL-SYD-BKK-NRT at the correct mileage level. There are...
View ArticleUA spoofs my email, pretends to be me - CS doesn't care
Had an issue recently with UA's Philippines call center. Long story short, after three months trying to help a client use UA vouchers, wherein each call to UA started with my giving them the voucher...
View Article(First Experience with Travelling in) United Global First...
I'm IAH based and have flown many BusinessFirst trips from IAH to LHR. My plans changed this week and I had to leave a day later which made LHR - IAH not an option so I'm flying through Chicago. It...
View ArticleIs it getting quieter in the United forum?
I have no stats to back this up, but it feels like the United forum on FT is getting less traffic than it was even a few months ago. Discussion threads don't grow as fast. Questions go unanswered. A...
View ArticleName error
Dear all, I recently received a status match back to UA, and as such want to start accruing miles in my account. The only activity on that for the last couple years has been the odd few Avis miles to...
View ArticleBusinessFirst seems very tired on a PMCO route
I know. I know that this has been discussed to death, but I still wanted to share my impression of BF on a flight last night from Delhi to EWR. I'm not a mega flyer, but have probably taken an average...
View ArticleTwo questions about Star Alliance RTW fares through UA
1. If I ticket a *A revenue RTW through UA, is an open jaw allowed? For example, I am looking to ticket EWR-SIN-HKG-PEK-PVG-CNX-BKK-BOM-CPT, VFA-JNB-EZE-GIG-EWR. I'm going on Safari in Botswana between...
View ArticlePS flight 703 - seat 11C gone missing
Looking at the mobile app 11C is missing. I'm onboard and there's a pilot in 11D so i guess the system blocked the seat by making it disappear rather than show it occupied. This I've not seen before....
View ArticleQuick question - changing flights on ticket booked
Weirdly enough I don't think I've encountered this before even though I've been traveling for years. I know you all encounter it on a regular basis. I'm Premier Gold, booked a flight to PDX for next...
View ArticleUnited.com club major system error
So I enrolled in the United.com club, where you get $5 on every ticket you purchase on their website. Well... Another thing that's not working properly (but what is in their IT department nowadays...
View ArticleCharging for E+ less than 24 hours out for Silver?
I've got an award ticket on a flight to Denver that leaves in 23 hours. When I checked in this morning, there were still E+ seats open, but the only way I could access one of them was to pay for it....
View ArticleComplicated ? - Family Spring Break
Many months ago, I purchased ten tickets from ORD - PUJ for an extended family spring break. Due to the fact that one PNR can hold a maximum of six passengers, and the way the fares were changing as I...
View ArticleMileagePlus and SAS
SFO-CPH on SAS is starting up soon and wanted to take advantage of it. I have done some research but as I have never flown SAS and credited to MP and was wondering if any of you could help me figure...
View ArticleSydney - traveling UA GF - runaround to use Singapore F Lounge
Currently in Sydney Singapore F lounge - what a runaround to get in. united.com points to star lounge and Singapore F lounge comes up for UA GF. First, the Global First check in agent at SYD said that...
View ArticleDo I need to give up my seat/center row, so that a crew member can sleep in it?
About myself, I am a Premier Silver going for Gold this year and fly on my own dime, mostly international long haul. Tuesday at EWR, waiting for UA 968 to MUC. We are all called to see the gate agent...
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Using "Nonstop flights only" as an additional function to display ITA prices...
Sorry if this has already been discussed elsewhere, but I tried searching for this topic and didn't find anything. Have been noticing this for a few days now, but thought I'd get community input. UA's...
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